Over the years our collection of house sheep have appeared from time to time on the blog. The fondness for sheep extends to the animate kind. When we were taking the train from Dublin to Galway, we kept passing fields of sheep, rather than saying, oh look sheep, I simply went Baa! I thought the lady sitting across from me was going to get up and move to another seat, or another train.
What do you do when you pass a meadow full of sheep?
I love sheep...makes me want to run my hands through their fur wool coat.
ReplyDeleteWhen I go to the little market here I always feed them.
If you go to the right little market, they will feed you. A friends mother told me how to make Yorkshire Stew.
DeleteI could never eat a sheep. I have lamb once at Easter and that's it.
DeleteSorry but barbequed lamb loin chops or a roast leg of lamb.
ReplyDeleteYes, tasty too
DeleteI don't Baaa, but as a kid, driving with our dad we'd always Moo at the cows.
ReplyDeleteI once watched to college professors have a heated argument over how the cows feel about people Mooing at them over Thanksgiving dinner one year, I drank too much that day for some reason.
DeleteI go baaaaa at sheep and mooooo at cows. I like their wool superwashed to remove all the lanolin (allergic) before I knit with it. I tried lamb once and did not care for the taste. and look at those sweet faces!
ReplyDeleteStephens' mother explained how to make lamb that doesn't taste lammy.
DeleteI give them a friendly wave! I took the train from London to the coast of Wales once and saw lots of grazing sheep on that trip too.
ReplyDeleteI think this picture is actually from Wales.
DeleteI just go awwww, like when I see a baby. I prefer goats, especially the pygmy ones. So cute. I will not eat sheep, Sam I Am. The taste is icky.
ReplyDeleteThe sheep think that goats are strange. There is a good restaurant in DC that has goat tacos on the menu - I wouldn't go out of my way for them a second time.
DeleteIm with Deedles...goats are cute too. And not for eating!!!!! Chicken beef and pork is enough!!!!!
DeleteWe don't see a lot of sheep in Canada. We're all about cattle. But in England, we saw tons of sheep. Took me a minute to figure out what they were.
ReplyDeleteAnd they are so cute
DeleteSG has a cousin in Norway who also loves, and collects, sheep. It's a fun thing to collect. When i pass sheep, I just look at them.
ReplyDeleteAnd the sheep look back, and wonder
DeleteWhen I was in Ireland a couple of years ago, I spent a week on the west coast. I visited a sheep farm and watched them shear the sheep. It was fascinating. Especially learning about how the sheep dogs heard them.
ReplyDeleteSheep shearing is kind of interesting, saw it once
DeleteAs a kid, I used to think you had to kill the sheep to get the wool. It made me kind of sad. Then again, I thought goats were male sheep for years!
DeleteI don't think this has ever happened to me; I am keen to experience such.
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